‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Gains a Leader – Gary Oldman Joining

As I wrote in the last casting update on Matt Reeves’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes sequel, “this is already a great cast so far that I’m sure will get even better.” Indeed it just has. ComingSoon is reporting that another excellent actor has been cast – Gary Oldman, seen in Chris Nolan’s Batman/The Dark Knight series as well as The Book of Eli, Harry Potter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lawless. While we only know few details about the sequel, set 15 years after the last movie involving two split groups of humans and apes, and apparently Oldman will be playing the “leader of a human colony”, or as Deadline clarifies, the “leader of the human resistance”. Awesome. Matt Reeves is rounding up quite an outstanding set of actors for this. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, as the new sequel is apparently titled, will take place 15 years after Rise of the Planet of the Apes with …